Mine detail: Roadside Mine

Previously called 'Arizona Rand Gold Mine Inc.Mother Lode'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.21946, -114.48164

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Specularite
Gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Fluorite, Gypsum, Quartz
Orebody form: LODE, STRINGERS, CHIMNEY SHAPED
Discovery year: 1915

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1915

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Detachment Fault
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Chloritization, Silicification

References

MRDSM004600
DEP10027945
Reference{Deposit:: WILSON, E. D., 1934 , ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137 , P. 104- 105.}{Deposit:: GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 44.}{Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 137, P. 104; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}{Reserve-Resource:: NIEMUTH, 1987.}
ReporterGere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.